The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-24
Baseball Notes.

At Charlottesville the Reds defeated the Dan
ville Ind, club, twentys six to one.
The Kokomo club yesterday defeated the
Clover Leaf club, of Russiaville. fourteen to
eight
The New York club now looking for new
players. and will a new pitcher and
catcher within few days
Day before yesterday was the eighteenth time
in the history of the Association that all eight of
the clubs played on Sunday
The Detroits have been remarkably lucky this
season in capturing games at the last moment
that have apparently been lost
Goldsmith, Chicaeo's old pitcher, is in Detroit
waiting for something to turn up. He is very
anxious to be League umpire.
Pitcher Sworbach, late of the New York Re-
serves, is doing excellent work for the Flushing
team. Few games are lost when he is pitching.
Boyle the ST. Louis catcher, has given out in
his great effort to catch fifty consecutive games.
His hands sore. He scored forty-three
games.
When the manager of the Elmira club fined
Pitcher Callihan So the entire struck and
the club disbanded Callihan has signed with
Buffalo
Jake Evans, the veteran right-ielder. who
used to be with the Baltimore club, is recover
ing the use of his arm. He threw a ball ninety
five yards Saturday
Burke, the California wonder. with Detroit.
was knocked out of the box by the Kalamazoos
near Detroit i'll game last week. Detroit has
released him. He joins Oshkosh.
lead all League players in stolen bases this
son. He will reach over one hundred this year
unless something happens to him.
George. ODay, Gilmore. Conway. tBostonl
Morris. Mccormick. Healy, Boyle. Baldwin.
(Chicaco) Baldwin, (Detroftl, have all pitched
in more losing than winning games.
Chicago Tribune: Young Shreve. lately re-
leased by Baltimore, is pitching a great game
for indianapolis. and Tom Brown, released by
Pittsburg is gobbllng all the flies that fall In
center field.
Davis, the third baseman of the Baltimore
club, has been relnstated. The club was weak
ened to such extent by the laying off Of Davis
that Barnie has decided to pocket his pride and
put him to work again,
Tony Mullane is ready to make a match with
any of the ambidextrous throwers in the
country. He thinks he throw far with
his left hand as any man in the Association who
challenge is directed to Robinson, of the Browns.
and Chamberlain. of the Louisvilles. who
both ambidextrous throwers.
The players of the Metropolitan club are
among the largest men the diamond. The
average height is five feet ten and a half and
the average weight is $50 pounds. Following
the weights: Orr, PIP; Ryan. 1913; Rose
man, 1914; Lynch, 100; O'Brien. 1885, Hankinsol,.
173; Sommers, 168; Gerhardt 159; Radford, I43
Jones, POP; Holbert, l97, and Cushman, 1T.
At an amateur game in New York Dr. Me-
Glynn spoke from the right hand wing of the
lower grand stand and said: Il have not seen
game of baseb since l twelve years of
age, and the improvement since / boy is
wonderful. Why, in my day used to play
one o. cat. and three of us would soak for the
ball, and the one who got it would have to
throw it at the batsman, and if it hit him he
would be out, and then the lucky boy would go
In for his lick and the 'soakers would lay out
again. But l am very glad was not called on
to umpire the game. as my decisions would
probably not meet with approval, as don't
know base hit from error have only one
profession, and that is that of a jawsmith.